Structure and function of ecosystem

• Article • • 22 September 2021 The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3546-8407 • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3031-613X • • • • • • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3289-2598 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7482-9776 • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7405-2220 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9602-8603 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0826-2980 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5839-6480 • • • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-9458 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-2731-7150 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6708-8532 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5226-6041 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0726-7141 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-2925-4093 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-3610 • • • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7389-7793 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1227-7731 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-8401 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1341-921X • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5705-1787 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-1004 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1022-8469 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-0258 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7615-8870 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9319-0621 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4865-5041 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1605-1203 • • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8516-3356 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2180-5126 • • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2957-9071 • • • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5170-8648 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1651-8969 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7215-0150 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1345-4138 • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4424-662X • O...

https://bio.libretexts.org/@app/auth/3/login?returnto=https%3A%2F%2Fbio.libretexts.org%2FCourses%2FCoastline_College%2FENVS_C100%253A_Environmental_Science_(Hoerer)%2F02%253A_Environmental_Chemistry%2F2.03%253A_Environmental_Toxicology_(van_Gestel_et_al.)%2F2.3.05%253A_Population_Community_and_Ecosystem_Ecotoxicology%2F2.3.5.08%253A_Structure_versus_function_incl._ecosystem_services Expand/collapse global hierarchy • Home • Campus Bookshelves • Coastline College • ENVS C100: Environmental Science (Hoerer) • 2: Environmental Chemistry • 2.3: Environmental Toxicology (van Gestel et al.) • 2.3.5: Population, Community and Ecosystem Ecotoxicology • 2.3.5.8: Structure versus function incl. ecosystem services Expand/collapse global location \( \newcommand\) • • • • • • 5.8. Structure versus function incl. ecosystem services Author: Herman Eijsackers Reviewers: Nico van den Brink, Kees van Gestel, Lorraine Maltby Learning objectives: You should be able to • mention three levels of biodiversity • describe the difference between structural and functional properties of an ecosystem • explain why the functioning of an ecosystem generally tends to be less sensitive than its structure • describe the term Functional Redundancy and explain its meaning for interpreting effects on the structure and functioning of ecosystems Keywords: structural biodiversity, functional biodiversity, functional redundancy, food web interactions Biodiversity at three different levels In ecology, biodiversity...